Tensions over the role that credit rating agencies play in assessing African countries have broken into the open.
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African countries can move from being price takers to price negotiators. They should be able to reduce debt costs, freeing up resources for development.
A successful African rating agency would shift power in global finance.
African finance ministries should push for lower interest rates on bonds.
China’s engagement with Africa has evolved over the past 24 years, with a shift towards mutually beneficial investments.
Africa is facing a profound crisis that could set its development back a generation. It needs a solution to its debt problems that doesn’t cripple countries.
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town
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Affiliate Lecturer, King's College London
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DST-NRF SARChI Chair in Innovation Studies, Tshwane University of Technology
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Tshwane University of Technology
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Associate Professor, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University; Aston University